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This blog will be used in the spring of 2008 by 80+ students at Drexel University to investigate the effects of Iraq on culture and the reverse. Our goal will be to better understand why the US is in Iraq, and to question whether literature can help us on this journey.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

drunken mayhem

For those who are unaware (specifically those over the age of 30 years old),

Kings is a common drinking game amongst high school and college kids.

Wikipedia definition:

Kings (also less commonly known as King's Cup, Four Kings, King of beers, Circle of Death, or Ring of Fire) is a popular drinking game. It uses a standard deck of playing cards. The deck of cards are shuffled and spread down on a table, usually in a circle. In some variations, a cup is placed in the center of the table. The play goes around the table with each player drawing one card at a time. Each card has a different action associated with it, which are listed below.

This weekend, memorial day weekend, I was back in Jersey to holla at my homies. Everytime we played Kings (which was quite a lot and during every party/gathering I went to) and someone drew an Ace (which is waterfall where everyone drinks and stops when the person in front of them does) I made sure that we CHEERS it to the veterans!

And of course cheers came about.

Also some anti-government talk but everyone respects the veterans.

At a party on saturday night , the obliterated host of a beerbq made a huge speech thanking everyone and made a few comments about commemerating veterans. Which was a nice touch, but the memory is hazyyyy....

Happy memorial day!

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